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September 8, 2009, Tuesday

A daughter of Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta pleaded guilty to helping launder money for her ex-husband, who is serving life in prison for his involvement in a drug-dealing operation, prosecutors said. The daughter, Kai Franklin, 35, entered the...

A collection of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s handwritten documents and books will not be sold at auction and instead will be given to his alma mater, Morehouse College, officials said Friday. A coalition of business leaders, individuals...

Incumbent mayors won easily yesterday in Atlanta, Boston and Houston. But in St. Paul, Randy Kelly became the city's first incumbent mayor in more than 30 years to lose a re-election campaign. Polls suggested that Mr. Kelly's endorsement of...

Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta has decided to fine the Druid Hills Golf Club up to $90,000 for violating the city's human rights ordinance after the club refused to extend spousal benefits to the partners of gay members. It is the first time the...

The Human Relations Commission of Atlanta has decided that the Druid Hills Golf Club is violating a city ordinance by refusing spousal privileges to two gay members' domestic partners. The commission has the power only to advise Mayor Shirley...

In her first year as mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Clarke Franklin closed two budget deficits totaling more than $100 million, laid off hundreds of workers, raised property taxes nearly 50 percent and, in a City Hall that had been widely attacked as...

A recount in Atlanta's mayor's race has confirmed that Shirley Clarke Franklin became the first woman to be elected mayor last week. The recount, requested by Ms. Franklin's primary challenger, Robb Pitts, the City Council president, gave Ms....

November 14, 2001, Wednesday

Fulton County's elections board has granted a recount in Atlanta's mayoral contest, in which a former city administrator, Shirley Clarke Franklin, appeared to win by 191 votes in a multicandidate race. In a 3-to-2 vote, the Board of Registration and...